Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

This felt pie craft not only teaches sewing skills, but is a sneaky introduction to elementary math standards like geometry, measurement and estimation.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Dress up a plain old pen with this pretty craft that's great for back-to-school time.

Get kids excited about gathering their school supplies by teaching them how to make their own writing supplies!

How much does 100 weigh? Play this fun guessing game with your child to commemorate the 100th day of school.

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

Try turning the evening ritual of asking about your kid's school day into a challenging game that consists of twenty questions.